Creative and Analytical Studies in Music 5

Description

This is the fifth in a series of five courses that aim to develop skills and the understanding of musical organisation, structures and techniques, shared musical vocabularies, musical representation and communication. Examples from a wide diversity of musical styles and periods are presented. The course also provides the opportunity to apply these tools and abilities creatively in any genre or era as defined by the interest of the student.

Performers/composers/producers in the 21st century need to be adaptable to different contexts and inventive with their performance and repertoire. This course particularly focuses on arrangement, orchestration, reinterpretation and repertoire creation, using traditional and non-traditional approaches to music and sound making.

Content

Content includes lectures and tutorials on orchestration and arrangement, instrumental characteristics, sound and acoustics, digital manipulation and other topics related to repertoire re-interpretation and invention.

Requisite

This course has similarities to MUSI3731. If you have successfully completed MUSI3731 you cannot enrol in this course.

Assumed Knowledge

Creative and Analytical Studies in Music 3 and 4 (MUSI2631, MUSI2632).